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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-33007

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of theft from railway infrastructure has been in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-33013

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are being implemented to deter organised crime groups from targeting railway depots and infrastructure.

Organised crime groups look to identify any opportunity to increase their wealth and the railway network is not immune from this threat. While it is for rail networks and British Transport Police to ensure that measures are in place to safeguard depots and the wider infrastructure, partners on the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce continue to work together through the Multi Agency Tasking and Delivery Board, based at the Scottish Crime Campus, to take measures to disrupt this illegal activity.

Question reference: S6W-32856

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what legal implications there would be in the event that the 2016 memorandum of understanding with Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council, committing the Scottish Government to spend an initial £200 million of additional funding to help improve journey times and increase capacity on key rail links between Aberdeen and the Central Belt, is not met within the 10-year period.

Question reference: S6W-33522

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of patients in rural areas have been treated within the timescales set out in the Treatment Time Guarantee in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-33532

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps NHS Grampian has taken to improve healthcare access for rural communities.

Question reference: S6W-32970

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans Police Scotland has in place for managing unexploded military ordnance discovered by marine or offshore energy development projects.

Question reference: S6W-32962

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding is allocated to local authorities and emergency services for managing incidents involving unexploded wartime military ordnance.

Question reference: S6W-32952

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what role local authorities play in responding to unexploded ordnance incidents, and how they collaborate with Police Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-33478

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many surgical procedures have been cancelled at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in each of the last five years due to a lack of (a) post-operative beds, (b) available staff, (c) surgical screws or equipment and (d) surgical kits.

Question reference: S6W-32964

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it collaborates with (a) Police Scotland, (b) the Ministry of Defence and (c) other agencies in responding to reports of unexploded wartime military ordnance.

Incidents relating to unexploded wartime military ordnance are Police operational matters. Unless unexploded ordnance causes a civil contingencies emergency in Scotland that requires co-ordination on a national level, such incidents are not handled through any Scottish or UK Government mechanisms. In the highly unlikely event of this threshold being met, the Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGORR) would activate to co-ordinate the Scottish Government’s response to the incident, including by liaising closely with Police Scotland, the Ministry of Defence, and other agencies relevant to the response.